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Harley-Davidson Sportster by Allan Girdler (2004, Hardcover)

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PublisherMBI Publishing Company LLC

ISBN-100760316155

ISBN-139780760316153

eBay Product ID (ePID)30505170

Product Key Features

Book TitleHarley-Davidson Sportster

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMotorcycles / General, Automotive / History

Publication Year2004

IllustratorDewhurst, David, Yes

GenreTransportation

AuthorAllan Girdler

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight40.1 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width10.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-273388

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal629.2'275

SynopsisAllan Girdler, with Photography by David Dewhurst. In 1957 Harley-Davidson bowed to customer pressure and grafted an overhead-valve top end unto the four-cam bottom end of its floundering KL series of middleweight motorcycles. The resulting motorcycle, the Sportster, earned the distinction of being the most iconoclastic motorcycle model ever produced. In continuous production for 44 years and counting, the Sportster long-ago abdicated its original title as the king of high performance motorcycles, yet it remains one of the world's most popular motorcycles, despite using antiquated technology. The elegant simplicity of the Sportster embodies what Robert Persig calls "the a priori motorcycle." That is, when most people close their eyes and conjure up the image of a motorcycle, it is something very similar to a Sportster that immediately springs to mind. It is this raw, essential nature that propels the Sportster to mythic status.', In 1957 Harley-Davidson bowed to customer pressure and created the Sportster, the most iconoclastic motorcycle model ever produced. The elegant simplicity of the Sportster embodies what Robert Persig calls "the a priori motorcycle." That is, when most people close their eyes and conjure up the image of a motorcycle, it is something very similar to a Sportster that immediately springs to mind. It is this raw, essential nature that propels the Sportster to mythic status. The 50 year history of the Sportster makes for a fascinating book. The book traces the Sportster through its performance years when fierce XLCH Sportsters ruled the streets of America, to the decline of the Sportster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and then ends with the new-for-2004 Sportster, the biggest update to the series in its nearly-50-year history.

LC Classification NumberTL448.H3G5475 2004